Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP) – The Iranian Foreign Minister spoke by phone with the director of the UN nuclear supervision agency early Sunday morning after a report by the agency said Iran Further increase your stock Uranium enriched at levels close to the quality of weapons.
Writing on Telegram, Abbas Araghchi said he had underlined Iran’s “continuous cooperation” in his conversation with Rafael Mariano GrossiThe head of the International Atomic Energy Agency based in Vienna. The IAEA did not immediately send a request for comments on the telephone call.
The confidential report of the IAEA, which was seen by the Associated Press on Saturday, raised a severe warning, claiming that Iran is now “the only non -nuclear state to produce such material” – something that the agency has declared was “serious concern”.
Araghchi has pointed out that all Iranian nuclear activities are within the framework of the agreements and are monitored by the IAEA. IAEA has declared in a separate report that Iran’s cooperation with the agency was “less than satisfactory” with regard to the traces of uranium discovered by IAEA inspectors in several places in Iran that Tehran has not declared as nuclear sites.
Araghchi also asked Grosi to ensure that “some parties do not exploit the agency of political agendas against the Iranian people”. European nations could take other measures against Iran according to the full report, leading to a potential climbing of tensions between Iran and the West.
On Sunday, the vice-minister of foreign affairs published a detailed response on Sunday, rejecting numerous conclusions of the report. Kazem Gharibabadi noted that of the 682 inspections of 32 states of the IAEA, 493 were carried out only in Iran.
“As long as a country’s nuclear activities are under the supervision of the AIEA, there is no cause of concern,” he said. “The Islamic Republic of Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapons or has nuclear materials or unsuccessful activities.”
The IAEA report said that on May 17, Iran raised 408.6 kilograms (900.8 pounds) of uranium enriched up to 60%.
This represents an increase of almost 50% since the last AIAA report in February. The 60% enriched material is a short technical step in the quality of weapons of 90%.
The telephone conversation between Araghchi and Grosi occurred a few hours after the Minister of Foreign Affairs Omanais Badr al-Busaidi, who mediates the American talks in Iran, went to Tehran on Saturday to present the last American proposal for current talks.
Iran’s American talks try to limit the Iranian nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of some of the overwhelming economic sanctions that the United States has imposed on the Islamic Republic, who have been tense relationships for almost 50 years. THE Fifth cycle of talks Between the United States and Iran ended in Rome last week with “certain progress but not conclusive,” said al-Busaidi at the time.
